Honorary Committee of the Festival

Arri Sendzimir – Chairman of the 7th International Chopin & Friends Festival Honorary Committee.

The Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York - Honorary Patron of the 7 th International Chopin & Friends Festival.

List of Honorary Committee Members in alphabetical order:

Ms. Patricia Barnett

Ms. Elzbieta Baumgartner
writer / publisher

Ms. Kathryn Bedke

Mr. Wojciech Bialasiewicz
Editor-in-Chief, Dziennik Zwiazkowy

Mrs. Nina Boral

Dr. Tomasz Bortnik, PhD

Dr. Barbara Burzynska, MD

Prof. Stanislaw Burzynski, MD, PhD

Mr. Mariusz Czerkawski
Hockey Player, Toronto Maple Leafs

Mr. Dariusz Czoch
Former Chairman of the Polish & Slavic Federal Credit Union

Mr. Martin Connor
NYS Senator

Ms. Lisa Corbett Leonard
Teacher

Ms. Sheila Darnborough

Mr. Jerzy Domanski
President, Journalist Association of the Republic of Poland

Mr. Larry Epstein

Ms. Monika Fabianska
Director, Polish Cultural Institute

Ms. Leslie Farber, Esq.

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Fulton

Ms. Julia Gibson

Ms. Dorothea Goldys-Bass

Mr. Joseph E. Gore, Esq.
President and Executive Director, The Kosciuszko Foundation

Dr. Thaddeus V. Gromada
Executive Director, Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America

Mr. Mitch Hecht

Mr. Robert Hendler
General Manager, World Discount Telecommunications  

Ms. Julia Anna Hetlof
Attorney At Law

Mr. Wojciech Hetman
Artist - Confectioner

Dr. Joan Hoff

Ms. Bozena Kaminski
President, Polish & Slavic Center

Mr. Andrew Kaminski, Esq.

Ms. Julita Karkowska
Editor-in-Chief, Nowy Dziennik

Mr. Miroslaw Karpinski
Marketing and Advertising Manager, Lot Polish Airlines

Mr. Krzysztof W. Kasprzyk
Consul General of the Republic of Poland in New York

Mr. Joseph R. Lentol
Assemblyman

Ms. Margery B. Leonard
Theater Critic, Outer Critics Circle

Mr. Romuald P. Magda, Esq.

Mr. Martin Malave Dilan
NYS Senator

Mr. Marek Maldis
TVP 3

Mr. Marty Markowitz
Brooklyn Borough President

Mr. Gino Moratti
President, G. Moratti Artistst Management

Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Mueller

Ms. Bettina Nechay

Mr. Waldemar Piasecki
Journalist

Ms. Lucy Pierpont

Mr. Edward Pritulak
Accounting and Bookkeeping

Dr. Ann H. Pyz, D.D.S.

Dr. Tadeusz Pyz M.D.

Ms. Aneta Radziejowska
Correspondent

Honorable Blanka A. Rosenstiel
Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland, Miami

Mr. Jan Rudomina
Director, Polish National Tourist Office

Mr. Marek Rygielski
Publisher, Super Expess – Polish Daily News

Mr. Charles E. Schumer
US Senator

Ms. Nicole Sebastien
Associate Manager, Governance Robinhood Foundation

Ms. Katherine Sendzimir

Mr. Stephen J. Shapiro
Managing Partner, Buckingham Hotel New York

Ms. Kamilla Siekerski

Mr. Alex Storozynski
City Editor of New York Sun

Ms. Leah Targon

Dr. & Mrs. Pablo Velasco

Mr. Lech Walesa
President of the Republic of Poland (1990-1995) and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 

Mr. Marek Zawisny, Esq.,

Mr. Eli Zborowski
President, The International Society for Yad Vashem